RE: [Ogf-l] d20 and Naked Licenses

[Lynn Fredricks]

> One question.  If someone produces an OGL product that
> includes a 'new' creature called a chartreuse dragon
> and claims it as PI, _nobody else_ can use it, ever,
> even if their idea of a chartreuse dragon is something
> completely different?  If this is so, sounds to me
> like a really unscrupulous person could come out with
> a supplement that gobbles up a whole bunch of
> permutations of names just to keep anyone else from
> using them.  Did I misunderstand how PI works?

Good question. In MM, for example, there is a clear system of naming creatures
with specific types of adjectives -- an "Elemental" critter, a "Frost" critter,
a "Winter" critter, a "insert color type" dragon -- and noting CC 1 following
the MM's of yore, an "insert base metal" golem. Would a "chartreuse dragon"
simply be an expression of a widely accepted, generic system of naming things?

--Lynn




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